Thanks to the sponsors of our recent Charity Fun Day The Rainforest Cafe; Stein's; Sealife; Denbies Vineyard; Turks; Montezumas; The Rotunda Kingston
Please see their websites and that of the Shooting Star Children's Hospice at the bottom of this page.
Rhyme and Storytimes
Mondays Rhyme and Storytime sessions for babies, toddlers and under-fives at 10.15am in the children's library (term time only). Tickets available on the day.
Also on Mondays at 11.15 Rhymetime for babies , toddlers and under-fives at the Rose Theatre.
Thursdays Stories and craft for under fives 10.30am to 11.15am. Tickets available on the day.
Adult Readers' Group
Last Thursday in every month from 7pm to 8pm.
History of Kingston Library
Kingston Library celebrated its centenary in the current building in May 2003. Andrew Carnegie, the Scottish/American millionaire and philanthropist donated half the building costs and officially opened the new purpose built library on 11 May. He was so impressed with what he saw that he then donated the rest of the building costs. Externally, there have been few changes to the Queen Anne style building. The fragment of pillar at the front is alleged to have come from King John's Palace. The interior was extensively renovated and refurbished in 1992/3 and reopened by crime novelist P.D.James. The shelving in the Study Room is part of the original fixtures and fittings and it, along with the building itself, is Listed by English Heritage. The entrance lobby has a memorial plaque to those officers and men from the local East Surrey Regiment who fell in the Boer War and there is a fine stained glass window commemorating the same event.
